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OBED HaMITCI-IELL, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

COMBINED CANT-HOOK AND LBFTENG=JACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,765, dated May 20,1884.

Application filed March 25, 188 1.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ()BED H. 'hlITdHELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Oant-Hooksand LiftingJacks, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention is a new and useful combined cant-hook and lifting-jack,the object of which is to provide a simple, convenient, and strongdevice for raising, supporting, and handling heavy bodies, and forrolling logs, 850., by one man. These objects I accomplish by means 'ofthe device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of theentire device. Fig. 2 shows the cant-hook detached. Fig. 3 is a detailedview.

A is a standard or post, of any desired size and of any suitablematerial. It has a foot, E, composed of two pieces, 0 e, bolted to thesides at its lower end, to steady the same and to keep it fromsinkinginto the ground. Beneath the front part of this foot E is secured atoe-piece, J, made with a sharp edge, to prevent the device fromslipping back when lifting, and especially when lifting railway-ties. Inthe front edge of the said standard are cutnotches a; or a platecontaining notches may be secured to the same. In-this standard areholes a, for adjusting the lever in height.

B is a lever composed of two pieces, I) b, which are secured to eachother at the long end by any suitable device, as a bolt, 1) anddetachably secured on each side of the standard by a bolt or pin, Dwhich is easily removed. Deta-ehably connected with the long end of thislever is a supporting-rod, D, which is formed into a link, d d, at itslower end to encircle the standard and engage the notches a, the upperend having a loop or a hook, d", to engage a bolt, 1), so as to supportaweight raised upon a hook, O, detachably secured to the short end of thelever.

G are plates secured to each of the pieces (No model.) I

Z) b, and having an edge, 9, bent to fit over the upper edge ofthe saidpieces at b and I), and to fit beneath the lower edge at 11 Throughthese plates are holes for receiving the bolts 5 1) 12 These platesprevent the lever from splitting and give the hook C the full strengthof the lever.

O is a hook, having holes 0, preferably made long and curved, as shown,and has a forked toe, c c, for catching, holding, and steadying a log ortie while being raised and supported upon them, and the ends of the saidtoes are made sharp to catch the leg when used as a cant-hook. The leverhas holes for bolts I) b, to attach the said hook when the lever isdetached from the standard, as shown in Fig. 2.

The device thus constructed may be used by one man for rolling andloading heavy logs upon a wagon. It may also be used as a wagon-jack,and for raising ties of a railway and holding them up until they areclamped, and for other purposes.

Having thus described the construction, use, and operation of myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A lifting-jack composed of a standard, A, having notches a, holes a,and a foot, E, composed of two pieces, 6 e, and having a toe-piece, J,in combination with a lever, B, composed of two pieces, I) b, detachablysecured to the said standard, and having holes for bolts b Z1 b, and arod, D, which forms a link, (I d, and a hook, (7. and with a hook, 0,having holes 0, and a forked toe, c c, all arranged and constructedsubstantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of plates G, having the edge turned back, with alever, B, composed of two pieces and having holes for bolts If I) I),and a supportingrod, D, which has a link, d d, and a hook, (1 a hook, G,which has sharp spreading toes c c and holes 0, together with astandard, A, having holes a, notches a, and a foot-piece, E, which has atoe-piece, J, all substantially as shown and described, for the purposeset forth.

3. The combination of a cant-hook composed of a lever, B, havingholesfor bolts 1) b b b b and )lates G to which is detachablv In testimonwhereof I affix 111 signature in 2 I y y w secured ahook, 0, havingholes 0 and toes c 0, presence of two wltnesses.

with a device composed of astandard, A, having holes a, notches a, and afoot, E, composed OBED H. MITCHELL. of two pieces, 6 e, beneath thefront end of which is a toe-piece, J and a rod, D, having \Vitnesses:

a link (Z d, and hook (Z all arranged and con; SEWARD A. HAsELTINE,

structed substantially as shown and described. J T. WVHITE.

